Analogince Dads & Kid Patton AU

[10] - Pancake Mishaps

Warnings: no

Set by the time patton is three years and three months ish so its like april

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Virgil walked tiredly along the sidewalk. Today had felt like a whole eternity, he hated meetings and all day he had just been missing his family while pretending to follow what his boss had been rambling about during their multiple meetings.

Now he was soon home, though, and he couldn't wait to step inside and find his fiances and his son, and he very much looked forward to later tonight when the four of them would sit down together and watch an episode or two of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

They had watched it last year, but why not rewatch it? It was a great show, and Patton really liked all the characters modeled after animals, especially Catra. He really liked their little habit of watching a show together, because it meant that practically every day he had a reason to cuddle with the three of them.

He could smell someone cooking and his stomach growled as he walked up the driveway to their house, very happy to realize that the smell was coming from the open window of their kitchen.

He opened the door and stepped inside, shouting that he was home to let the others know who had entered. Instantly he heard an excited shriek from the kitchen and his son came running towards him, hugging Virgil's legs as he took his backpack off and making it very difficult for him to take his shoes off.

"Dad!" The toddler squealed and Virgil bent down to pick Patton up, kissing his cheek as he put his arms securely around him, attempting to kick his shoes off.

"Hi there, I've missed you lots." Virgil said, squeezing him tightly to his chest, though carefully. Patton's small hands tugged at his hoodie.

"Dad," he said, "um-"

"Yeah, kiddo?" He asked, carrying Patton back through the living room and towards the kitchen that he had come from once he was shoe-free, following the very promising noises of Roman's and Logan's mumbling voices and a pan being moved on the stove.

"I got cookies, shh." He whispered loudly and Virgil chuckled. No doubt Roman and Logan had caved to Patton's cute please-give-me-cookies-pout and then told him not to let Virgil know about it, which was actually a pretty foolproof way of making sure he would find out. Virgil had learnt that by doing the same thing.

"Wow, that's nice of them. I hope you still have room for some dinner, though, whatever they're making it smells great. Do you know what they're making for dinner?" He asked and Patton kicked his feet.

"Pancakes! I love pancakes!" He yelled loudly, about four inches away from Virgil's ear and he winced slightly as they crossed the threshold between the living room and the kitchen.

Roman and Logan did not even look up as they entered, both standing close together and with their eyes fixed on Roman's phone which seemed to be playing some kind of video.

"Rewind a bit, clearly I don't quite follow this step." Logan said, frowning, and Roman did as he was told. Virgil glanced at the pan on the stove that had a weirdly shaped green pancake in it. Virgil stepped in close to them, peering over their shoulders.

"What's so interesting?" He wondered, looking at the screen that was displaying a video of someone who, a few moments later, turned a pancake only to reveal that it was some kind of frog-pancake-art. The youtuber seemed very talented and Virgil sincerely doubted he could get the same result even if practicing for a year.

"Hi, gorgeous." Roman said, as always greeting him by leaning in close to press a little kiss to his lips and giving him an adoring smile.

"Welcome home, love." Logan said, setting Roman's phone down on the counter and turning towards the green pancake in the pan with a spatula ready. On the counter there was an empty bowl, some kind of bottle filled with green batter, and a recipe book.